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The presidential election in France could serve as an opportunity to restore trust in media, as a new study reveals the majority of readers is counting on news outlets to supply them with verified information. And news organisations across the country are gearing up to do just that.

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The #CharlieHebdo newsroom massacre has rocked the journalism community around the world. Many leading international newspapers ran editorials today that declared the 10 slain magazine staff heroes, and even press freedom 'martyrs'. The need to reject attempts to silence journalists and urge tolerance towards Muslims constituted the dominant themes. Ashleigh Tullis and Julie Posetti looked at eight major international English language titles' editorials and curated front pages and cartoon tributes from around the globe.

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Following the walkout of seven editorial executives from French daily Le Monde last week, two deputy directors have also reportedly left the organisation. The World Editors Forum's Paul McClean spoke to Patrick Eveno, Professor of Journalism at the Sorbonne, to find out why the paper is witnessing such turbulent times.

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"As I unfolded the first edition, the new French newspaper struck me as ironically outdated and impractical. I scrutinized its A1-sized layout, finding its perimeter more expansive and disorienting to navigate than a Parisian Metro map. I thought to myself that this philosophical 'oeuvre' may work better in theory than in practice. Soon enough I learned that the origin of the verb ‘to explain’ comes from the Latin term ‘explico’, defined as ‘to unfold’." World Editors Forum intern, Alexandra Sazonova-Prokouran reviews Le 1.

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Eric Fottorino, former director of Le Monde is to launch a new weekly news magazine called Le 1 (The One), AFP has reported. The “weekly of ideas” will deal with just one theme, tackled from a variety of different angles, a combination of literary journalism and reportage. “We are a sort of enfant terrible of the Economist and The New Yorker” Fottorino quipped to the AFP.

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As stakeholder of Le Monde and an active supporter of gay rights, Pierre Bergé announced in a board meeting of the Le Monde newspaper group on Tuesday afternoon that he would like the French Christian weekly La Vie sold off and hereby disassociated with Le Monde following the magazine’s decision to publish an anti-gay marriage editorial.